Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Most Americans enrolled in employer-sponsored commercial insurance ...

Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy university professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Graves is a professor of health policy at ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

Good news is often hard to find in American health care policy. The US has the dubious distinction of being the only rich democratic country with a large uninsured population, while simultaneously ...

The so-called "big beautiful bill" that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 cut taxes for some households. However, the law didn't extend a tax break that has lowered health insurance premiums for ...

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the cost of health insurance, with price hikes for many plans ...

Enhanced premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance expired at the end of 2025. About 22 million people received those enhanced premium tax credits last year, more than 90% ...

New polling has found that the majority of voters say health care in the U.S. is unaffordable and are open to a health insurance system that doesn’t tie coverage to employment. Undue Medical Debt, a ...